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Sure, we believe you

Representative Barney Franks, Democrat of the Volksrepublik of Massachusetts, has denied using his position and power to get a job at Fannie Mae for his significant other in the 1990’s.  All he did was “casually recommend” him for the job.  You know, like Don Corleone casually recommended that his godson be put in as the lead in a film.

I can see it now:  “Hey, nice mortgage company you’ve got here.  Be a shame if something were to happen to it.  Oh and by the way, my boyfriend needs a job.  You guys got anything for him?”

I’m sure that everything was on the up and up here.  I can’t imagine the recommendation of a Congresman to a company he helps to oversee and regulate would have tipped the scales one way or another.  I mean, come on.  Don’t all of us get our jobs because our spouse or significant other put in the good word for us?

Apparently the quasi-governmental company was more than happy to hire the young man, and it’s only a coincidence that he left his position with them soon after breaking up with the good Congressman.

Congressman Franks needs to remember that we’re not as stupid as he seems to think we are.

by daddybear71 on May 28, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by daddybear71 on May 28, 2011

https://daddybearsden.com/2011/05/28/sure-we-believe-you/

What’s in your nightstand?

by daddybear71 on May 28, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by daddybear71 on May 28, 2011

https://daddybearsden.com/2011/05/28/whats-in-your-nightstand/

A long drop and a sudden stop

Radko Mladic, formerly the military commander of Bosnian Serb forces during the Balkans War of the 1990’s, has finally been captured.  It’s been 16 years since the Dayton Accords, but he’s finally behind bars.

Mladic was on our list of people to look for when I was part of Operation Joint Endeavor, and I’ve been hoping that he would face justice before he died of old age.  Looks like he was arrested just in time.  If only the thousands of lives he snuffed out had had those 16 years.

Thousands of prisoners and non-combatants suffered and died at the hands of forces commanded by Mladic. Rape, torture, murder, burning, and other horrific acts were de rigeur for him.  An entire generation of Bosnian Serbs, Muslims, and Croats have been scarred, either as victims or perpetrators, by this man’s actions.

I certainly hope the Europeans try him quickly and give him the punishment he deserves:  a bungled knot.

by daddybear71 on May 27, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by daddybear71 on May 27, 2011

https://daddybearsden.com/2011/05/27/a-long-drop-and-a-sudden-stop/

Schedule for this weekend

Friday:

6 to 8 AM – Get kids and wife off to school and work
8 AM to 8:15 AM – Pack truck with guns, ammo, targets, and target stands.
8:15 AM to 9 AM – Travel to range
9 AM to 10 AM – Try out borrowed Mossberg 500 tacti-shotty.  Re-zero Garand and 10/22.  “Zero” extended front sight post on 91/30.  Test out new Hornady carry ammo for the CZ-82.
10 AM to 10:30 AM – Return home.  Buy gas near range due to cost differential
10:30 AM to 11 AM – Clean guns.
11 AM to 12 PM – Clean truck.  Put away target stands.
12 to 1 PM – Personal hygiene and lunch
1 to 2 PM – Pack for Knoxville.
2 to 3:30 PM – Do weekend housework so Irish Woman won’t have to try to do it with BooBoo tearing the house down behind her
3:30 to 4:30 PM – Take Girlie Bear to her mother’s for the weekend and return home.
4:30 to 5 PM – Pack truck
5 to 5:30 PM – Quick dinner with Irish Woman and BooBoo
5:30 to 10:30 PM – Travel to Knoxville.  Check into hotel.  Crash

Saturday
8:30 to 10 AM – Breakfast and check in for the blogshoot
10 AM to 11 PM – Fun of shooty and socializing sort.
11 PM – Crash

Sunday
8:30 to 10 AM – Breakfast and seminar
10 AM to 7 PM – Fun of shooty and socializing sort
7 PM to 12 AM – Return to Louisville
12 to 12:30 AM – Unpack truck.
12:30 AM – Crash

Monday
8:30 to 9:30 AM – Retrieve Girlie Bear and Little Bear from their mom. Take along BooBoo to give Irish Woman a chance to peel herself off of the ceiling
9:30 to 10 AM – Travel to George Patton Museum at Fort Knox
10 AM to 12 PM – Memorial ceremonies at the museum and walk through.
12 to 12:30 PM – Lunch
12:30 to 1:30 PM – Return home, retrieve Irish Woman
1:30 to 2:30 PM – Go to local garden center and purchase seedlings for the garden.
2:30 to 4 PM – Plant garden.
4 to 6 PM – Cook dinner.  I’m thinking smoked something in the barbecue
6 to 7 PM – Dinner, dishes, and baths.
7 to 9 PM – Family movie or game
9 to 10 PM – Return Little Bear to his mom’s.
10 to 11 PM – Clean guns.  Have an adult beverage.  Use chisel and Dremel to remove smile from face
11 PM – Crash

Lucky Gunner says they’ll be providing Wi-Fi so we can update our blogs from the range, so there may be some pics and posts from Knoxville.  If not, posting will be light for the next few days, but I’ll make up for it next week.

by daddybear71 on May 27, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by daddybear71 on May 27, 2011

https://daddybearsden.com/2011/05/27/schedule-for-this-weekend/

For Breda

Non Sequitur shoots and scores!

by daddybear71 on May 26, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by daddybear71 on May 26, 2011

https://daddybearsden.com/2011/05/26/for-breda/

Second Thought for the Day

Falling asleep while listening to the Beatles playlist on your laptop and reading the Cold Steel Special Projects catalog during a rainstorm can cause some truly strange dreams.  Who knew John Lennon was actually the Kurgin?  “All we are saying is ‘There can be only one’!”

Addendum:  What the !#$!!@#?   They’re making a remake?   Is there no part of my childhood that Hollywood will not flay and dance in around in its skin?

by daddybear71 on May 26, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by daddybear71 on May 26, 2011

https://daddybearsden.com/2011/05/26/second-thought-for-the-day/

Thought of the Day

Whoever gets the Republican nomination, they ought to use the following as a campaign slogan:

Are you doing better than you were 4 years ago?

That’s it.  The Republicans could run that old chestnut over and over on TV and radio for a few months and then stroll to the polls.

by daddybear71 on May 26, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by daddybear71 on May 26, 2011

https://daddybearsden.com/2011/05/26/thought-of-the-day/

We shoot mad dogs, don’t we?

Jared Loughner, the waste of protoplasm that thought it appropriate to assassinate a federal judge and wound a congresswoman while shooting up a crowd of people, has been found to be too bugnuts crazy to participate in his own defense.  He’ll be sent off to a psychiatric facility for a few months where doctors will try to fix him enough that he can contribute to his defense and understand why he’s on trial.  If they’re successful, they’ll keep him lucid long enough for his trial, and then he goes into the slow moving queue towards the needle.

If I were a betting man, I’d put a few dollars on him never coming out of the psych facility.  Just from the things that are reported in the media, it’s not hard to see that this guy is as crazy as an outhouse rat.  But just because this sick bastard is as nutty as a PayDay bar doesn’t mean he shouldn’t be held responsible for his actions.   If you want my opinion on what needs to be done, re-read the title.

by daddybear71 on May 26, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by daddybear71 on May 26, 2011

https://daddybearsden.com/2011/05/26/we-shoot-mad-dogs-dont-we-2/

A bit windy

Just got to work and got a call from Irish Woman.  The line of storms that hit us knocked out power in our neighborhood, probably from either a downed power line or a blown transformer.  From her description of the bright light and loud humming sound, my bet is on the transformer.  The power company is aware, and is probably going to be quite busy for a while.

Last time this happened, it took 4 days.  We only got power after Irish Woman came home from a business trip to Cincinnati with a generator and I got it run up.  Half an hour after I turned the lights and refrigerators back on, the power was restored.

Update – Irish Woman just called and reported that the telephone pole down the street is on fire.  This could get interesting.

Further update – A very tired Irish Woman just told me the power came back on at about 3:30 AM.  I’ll have to take a look at our roof and such when I get home to make sure we didn’t take any damage she couldn’t see in the dark.

by daddybear71 on May 26, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by daddybear71 on May 26, 2011

https://daddybearsden.com/2011/05/26/a-bit-windy/

Dear Republicans

Guys,

It’s that time again.  Politicians are making the fateful decision of whether or not to submit to the horrors of a primary fight for our parties nomination for president.  So far the field only contains one guy who catches my attention, and he probably won’t get the nomination because he hasn’t spent his life being a political hack.  Even though Obama’s approval ratings are abysmal, I have no doubt that you all will choose someone who will not only step on his schwanz, but will bayonet it to the table during the campaign.

And don’t give me the old line of “The party rank and file pick the nominee through the primary process”.  Let’s just be honest and admit that anyone who bucks the party leadership in any way will be eviscerated by the time the first primary rolls around.  Which means that anyone with a single libertarian viewpoint on anything has a snowballs chance in hell.

I’m tired of voting for whoever you guys support because it’s his turn.  This time around I want to vote for someone, not against someone else.  I don’t want a politician to be our nominee; I want a leader, a statesman.  So, how about you pull your collective thumbs out and give us some better choices?  Maybe if you actually encourage someone who truly believes in limited government, both in scope and power, thinks that any deficit spending is bad, and who wants to end government intrusion into citizens’ lives we might have a chance to unseat the incumbent.  Or do you guys enjoy being the loyal opposition?

by daddybear71 on May 25, 2011  •  Permalink
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Posted by daddybear71 on May 25, 2011

https://daddybearsden.com/2011/05/25/dear-republicans/

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